New Here in San Francisco, CA!

LadyBarb
LadyBarb Posts: 116
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I;m new to this site, any words of widoms?:happy:

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  • Thinwithin2010
    Thinwithin2010 Posts: 166 Member
    Just look around and learn all you can learn. It is a great site. Be honest with yourself.. You will love all the people here and wishing you much luck in your weight loss!! :flowerforyou:
  • EboniA
    EboniA Posts: 181 Member
    I was born and raised in SF and I miss it so much. My advice is to have fun checking out everything and don't feel like you need to do it all at once. I started with the food, then exercise, then blogs, then message boards, then my profile, my ticker, and of course friends. I've done this format before and it worked great so I am very hopeful. So far, so good!

    All the best to you.
  • DizzieLittleLifter
    DizzieLittleLifter Posts: 1,020 Member
    WELCOME! MFP is unlike any other message board I've ever belonged to. It's just awesome. I've learned so much even though I thought I already knew what I needed to know! Good luck to you! (psst) I'm in the South Bay. :)
  • guidosgal
    guidosgal Posts: 581 Member
    Hi

    Hope you are getting ready to concur the world on this site. I will tell you with some strong determination and the will to succeed you will go far. I have done well by logging all my food. It helps to do it before you eat it (you will be surprise how many calories are in things) I check,check and recheck the calorie content because they are not always accurate on the site. I am not a big exercise person (very hard to fit it in most days) . I work out abit with my WII (too much fun) I started by calorie level at 1200 but after a few weeks I discovered that it was far to low so I brought it up to 1430 and I lose 1 pound a week almost like clockwork. I hit the wall a couple times and did not lose for the week then the following week it got its MoJo back and off it came. I can tell you that I do budget for a treat ( I love Yoplait delights chocolate raspberry) There is a really good web site hungry girl.com tons of recipes for some yummy food (one of my favs is chicken cordon blu ) I really began to have more energy at about 20 pounds off. It is funny because the body changes slowly but its cool to discover all the new things that you have (or to be more exact the things you don’t have) like one less roll on your tummy or hey I forgot I have dimples in my cheeks J Again you can do it just hang in there an be patient.
    Pam

    P.S. I am a Northern Cal Girl :bigsmile:
  • lreed
    lreed Posts: 348 Member
    Welcome! I am from N. Cal too! Sonoma County! Like Guidosgal says, log/plan your day out first then adjust as you go along, It helps not to make dangerous miscalculations through out the day. Be sure to eat your exercise calories too! If you want to friend me, I am always looking for more friends!:flowerforyou: Looking at people's food diaries helps too! (get good ideas, and see how other's do it) and DRI NK YOUR WATER!!!! Good luck!:wink:
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